Places erdreich Wants to Go

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

The deepest sinkhole in Central Europe comes with a grisly tale and an unusual nickname: “The Stepmother Abyss.”

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.